S/O Quality Control Services - Various Locations, NL

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru
FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

S/O Quality Control Services - Various Locations, NL

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) has a
requirement to establish  Regional Individual Standing Offers
(RISOs) for Quality Control Services at Various Locations across
the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.  

Work under these RISOs will include, but is not limited to, the
following requirements: on-site sampling and testing of
concrete, sampling and testing of concrete aggregates, review of
concrete mix design, concrete trail mix preparations and
testing, concrete compressive strength testing, soil and rock
sampling and testing, nuclear densometer testing, and asphalt
laboratory and field testing.

The term for these RISOs will be two (2) years, on an "as and
when requested basis."  A standing offer is an agreement and not
a contract.  Canada reserves the right to award to more than one
Offeror.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Four (4) separate RISOs may be issued, one for each of the
specified geographic regions - Eastern Region, Central Region,
Western & Southern Labrador Region, and Labrador Region.  

Offerors can submit rates for any or all of the four specified
geographic areas. 

Under the Code of Conduct and Certification provisions, Offerors
must submit the following as part of their offer: 

1.  a complete list of names of all individuals who are
currently directors of the Offeror. 

IMPORTANT NOTE TO BIDDERS:
Offerors are responsible for obtaining copies of solicitation
forms, special instructions, and specifications which are now
available directly from the MERX site. Offerors will arrange to
print the documents they require at a printer of their choice or
on their own equipment.  Addenda, when issued, will be available
from the MERX service provider.  It is the responsibility of the
Offeror to ensure that all addenda issued prior to solicitation
closing have been obtained and addressed in the submitted offer.
 

Firms intending to submit offers on this project should obtain
Request for Standing Offer documents through the MERX services
provider at http://www.merx.com, referencing the solicitation
number.  The telephone number for MERX is 1-800-964-MERX (6379)
all across Canada.  Firms that elect to base their offers on
solicitation documents obtained from other sources do so at
their own risk and will be solely responsible to inform the
Standing Offer Authority of their intention to bid.  

Offers will be received in English, or French, at:  Public Works
and Government Services Canada, Bid Receiving Unit, 10 Barter's
Hill, P.O. Box 4600, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador   A1C
5T2.

Please be advised that revised labour conditions and wage
schedule apply and are referenced in the solicitation document.

The estimated value for this opportunity is within the range of:
$250,001.00 to $500,000.00.
GSIN: H100A



Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.